معرفی
Timothy W Curby is a Professor in the Applied Developmental Psychology department at George Mason University. His research focuses on early childhood classroom experiences, teacher-child interactions, and the application of advanced statistical models to educational research. He leads the Development in School Contexts (DISC) Lab, which examines how teacher-student interactions drive children's emotional and social development, with a particular emphasis on creating observational measures like the Emotion Teaching Rating Scale (EMOTERS). Dr. Curby is also involved in partnerships with institutions such as the University of Illinois at Chicago, supporting professional development for preschool teachers through coaching and learning communities.
- Education: PhD in Educational Psychology—Learning and Development (University of Virginia), MA in Teaching (University of Michigan), BS in General Biology (University of Michigan)
- Key Research Areas: Emotion-focused teaching, classroom quality measurement, trauma-informed practices, and statistical modeling of teacher-child interactions
- Grants: Co-Principal Investigator for the Chicago Early Childhood Preparation and Pathway Partnership (US Department of Education, 2019–2024); Statistician for NIH-funded studies on parent-adolescent interactions and substance use
- Students Supervised: Vera Hawa, Negar Fatahi, Laura Rose Elizabeth Stokes, and others
- Teaching: Courses in developmental psychology, longitudinal data analysis, and multivariate statistics
